The 1982 Nissan Gazelle: space goddesses with tractor beams!

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Japanese-market car ads of the early 1980s often had hallucinatory science-fiction themes, which makes them among the greatest car ads of all time. The Nissan Silvia (sold in the United States as the original Datsun 200SX) was sold for a while in Japan as the Gazelle, and— if we go by the evidence shown in this commercial— had approximately 3,000 horsepower and could fly through space.

Actually, this is a collection of four different 1982 Nissan ads. Three are for the Gazelle and have a Space Goddesses With Colored Flashlights/Rockets/Tractor-Beams theme, while the other touts the performance of the Nissan Violet in the Safari Rally.

The US-market ad for the same car is disappointing by comparison to its JDM counterparts. There's no turbo whoosh, no shrieking turbine-grade revs, and no Space Goddesses.